GARCIA Diego

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	35th (1:41:14)
2017	London, GBR	13th (1:20:34)
2015	Beijing, CHN	29th (1:24:52)

European Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2018	Berlin, GER	2nd (1:20:48)

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:19:37
1	2018	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	Rio Maior, POR	1:21:15
2	2019	20km Race Walk	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Lazaro Cardenas, MEX	1:23:59
2	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	Rio Maior, POR	1:21:26
2	2018	20km Race Walk	European Championships	Berlin, GER	1:20:48
2	2018	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:19:18
3	2019	20km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Alytus, LTU	1:20:23
7	2017	20km Race Walk	European Race Walking Team Championships	Podebrady, CZE	1:21:56
8	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:18:58
13	2017	20km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	London, GBR	1:20:34

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Playing the trombone, reading, watching TV. (running.es, 12 May 2020)

Athlete, Musician, Student

Business Administration, Music

Spanish

AD Marathon [Madrid, ESP]

Jose Antonio Quintana [national]

In late 2015 he sustained an injury to his knee, and needed surgery on the problem in February 2016. The injury affected his performances throughout 2016. (running.es, 12 May 2020; admarathon.es, 03 Oct 2019; Instagram profile, 11 Feb 2016)

His father was an athlete and introduced him to the sport. He began by running but he got into race walking after a friend asked him to help his team at a meet where they were missing a team member. He realised he was good and decided to continue. (elconfidencial.com, 28 Dec 2015; elmundo.es, 18 Jul 2015; masdeporte.as.com, 04 Jun 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (running.es, 12 May 2020)

Spanish race walkers Jesus Angel Garcia Bragado and Miguel Angel Lopez, Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal. (elconfidencial.com, 28 Dec 2015; cmdsport.com, 26 Jan 2016; Instagram profile, 19 Jan 2016)

"Elite sport involves a demanding routine, and sometimes it is very hard, but in the end successes make up for the mental and physical effort." (elconfidencial.com, 28 Dec 2015)

In 2018 he was named Best U23 Athlete of the Year by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation. (lavanguardia.com, 16 Mar 2019)

He was named Best Junior Athlete in Spain in 2013, 2014 and 2015, becoming the first athlete to receive the prize three times. (cmdsport.com, 26 Jan 2016)